tiac Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 I'm trying to stream some Lost episodes so I don't have to sit in front of my PC all 8 hours. I have done everything that is up on MS site including updating my WMP to 11 (ewwww). I own a Zune as well, but it won't share. I've been able to see photos, but no videos on the 360. Also, I've tried to convert the videos to the WMV from AVI...no luck.:furious If anyone has been successful with this, any help would be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 It's really rather simple to be honest. Once I updated to Window Media 11, it literally took me all but a minute to get everything working. In Media Player 11: 1. Click on the "Library" button at the top of the screen 2. Click on "Media Sharing" (while your 360 is powered on and online on your network) 3. Media Player will ask you what devices to share your media with. Your Xbox 360 should be in the list (a picture of the console will show in the scree). 4. Highlight the Xbox 360 icon and select "Allow" 5. Select the "Settings" button to the right. You tell the computer what network name you want to give you sharing. You can also tell it it what media types to look for (Music, Video, etc. Select them all). Once you've done this you simply need to tell Media Player what folders it needs to be monitoring for your media files (so that it can add them to your Library). Media Player will automatically add certain folders by default but you can add your own pretty easily. 1. Click on the "Library" button again 2. Select "More Options" 3. Select the "Library" tab 4. Click on the "Monitor Folders" button 5. Click on the "Add" button 6. Select the folder which contains the Lost Episodes you are wanting to watch (they have to be in the supported format of course) Media Player should scan the folder and add the files to your library. At which point they should easily be seen by the Xbox 360. Go back to the console. Select the "Video" section and then "Computer". The 360 should automatically find your system and then display the files you're looking for. I hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Also, I've tried to convert the videos to the WMV from AVI...no luck.:furious That's the problem as the 360 will only read .WMV files. What have you used to try and convert the videos? Windows Movie Maker if I remember correctly will convert .AVI to .WMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris The Rock Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Can you play protected content on the 360? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave C Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 That's the problem as the 360 will only read .WMV files. What have you used to try and convert the videos? Windows Movie Maker if I remember correctly will convert .AVI to .WMV. Yep, I use WinAVI: http://www.winavi.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PewterPirate Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 I just use Transcode 360 to stream avi files from the pc to the 360. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave C Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 I just use Transcode 360 to stream avi files from the pc to the 360. I think I tried this but couldn't get it to work on XP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Transcode 360, along with equivalent programs from Nero and others, only work as Media Center Extender sources - you need either a Home/Ultimate version of Vista, or XP Media Center Edition. Normal XP means you've got to convert it to a wmv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PewterPirate Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Transcode 360, along with equivalent programs from Nero and others, only work as Media Center Extender sources - you need either a Home/Ultimate version of Vista, or XP Media Center Edition. Normal XP means you've got to convert it to a wmv. Ahhhh....so nevermind what I said, I use MCE on the pc that I use to stream to the 360. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Really, I suppose you use both. Having MCE means you can stream more formats than just WMV, but that really only gets you as far as MPEG2 and a few others - Transcode is presenting a source to MCE that claims to be MPEG2 files, but in reality it's transcoding into that on the fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiac Posted March 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 I've tried using Movie Maker, but it locks up as soon as it starts to convert. I'll have to give the Win AVI a shot tonight. Thanks for the info guys:tu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiac Posted March 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 OK, Win AVI worked! I used to use that program, but had forgotten about it. Thanks again for the help LCVGers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsrunner Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 I have a similar problem, but mine is mp3s. I share the library in Windows Media Player 11 with the 360, and the 360 sees the computer, but when I get to the music, it just says no albums or songs or anything found. I wish I could get this to work. I also wish there was a free way to convert mov and avi to wmv, but I can't find one. Nero has Recode, but it won't convert to wmv that I can see. Any suggestions on that? I'm a cheapskate, I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 ORB now works with the 360 with Windows PC's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 I have a similar problem, but mine is mp3s. I share the library in Windows Media Player 11 with the 360, and the 360 sees the computer, but when I get to the music, it just says no albums or songs or anything found. Mine streams mp3 with no problem. Did you go into your library sharing options and tell it which folder(s) to monitor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsrunner Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Oh, no I didn't. I just thought if you added the files directly to the library it would work that way. I'll give that a shot. Random question, can you use music from your PC streamed to your Xbox 360 as custom soundtracks? If not, is there some way to copy the files locally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant1 Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Yes you can stream in any game or from the dashboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foogledricks Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 Not sure where to post this, but I've just discovered the the source of PC-->360 connection issues is somewhat related to IP addresses. I just upgraded my network card, and I lost my connection to my 360. It couldn't find my PC. But when I went into my router and gave my PC the IP address it previously had, my 360 found it immediately. So obviously my 360 remembered my IP address and was looking for it. Moral of the story? Use static IP addresses if you want to reliably have your 360 and PC talk. In fact, as of late, I've had absoluately no problems getting themn to talk. It's so reliable that I upgraded my wireless card just to get better performance with streaming video. The 720p GTA4 video streams without a hitch over my network now. BYE BYE Tivo for playing my downloaded videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 I moved your post here Keith I use my Imac with a program called 360 connect. I just have my 360, and my brothers 360 with their own static IP's. My Imac detects both 360's when on, and the program allows to restrict streaming to just those two IP's as well. Have not had much trouble with streaming. Only draw back is it only streams WMV video, as no one has done any on the stream encoding for the Mac. However everything I watch has a WMV version, but it would be nice for support for some others. When Microsoft mentioned I think it was 40% of the time 360 owners use the system for stuff other then gaming. I'm not surprised. I stream video podcasts/shows all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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